A quick mention of some of the old schoolers who have died/gone missing

[Brad_tilf]

First and foremost - one of my favorite people - Jive.
If you DIDN'T Know Jive then I think you missed out on a real experience. He was special. And I miss his presence in the community. I still keep his work alive here:
http://dlw.doomwadstation.net/

Also, I'd like to throw out a mention for Looney2ner who pioneered so much in the game including his fabulous Looney Tune Doom.
http://www.doomwadstation.net/ltd/

I saved as much as I could from that old site. Wherever you are Looney, we miss you.

Jeremy Stepp - a free soul who, I hear, died several years ago. I don't really know and I'm hoping it's not true, but Kudos, you were a great mapper.

Shitbag - still alive to my knowledge and a real pioneer in the mapping community. It was he who taught me 3d in Doom which brought a whole new level of design to my mapping.

Wolfy - aka Wes Burd. Man, I wish I knew where this guy was. Holy SHIT he could design a map.

There are more - so many more, but these are the guys I spent time mapping with, bullshitting with and generally learning Doom mapping from and I wanted to give them a mention.

[Blastfrog]

Espi is always worth a mention. We lost Amaster, as well. RIP, both of you guys.

[Brad_tilf]

I remember Espi. Good call

[SyntherAugustus]

I remember going through that website with the legacy wads as a teenager.

[Pure Hellspawn]

http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Category:Memorial

unfortunately, this page has entries.

as for those who quit, names that come to mind - if you're reading this please let us know:

Hyena
Cyb (way too many wads)
The Ultimate Doomer (maker of Super Sonic DOOM)
Danarchy (frequent poster)
Lut
deathz0r (Mock 2, DO-TIMS)

[Breezeep]

What about Eric Alm?

[dew]

rip torn, loved him in men in black.

[SYS]

Dittohead comes to mind for me. I think he found Madden on xbox and never came back.